Easy Peasy Homemade Ice Cream

It’s been fairly quiet around Tidy Tangle lately. Since my last post on making skirts from old t-shirts using a sewing method called shirring, I’ve contracted shirring fever. Yes, I’m in my sewing room these days shirring up anything I can get my hands on. I love to shirr!

But, it seems cruel to wait till I recover from shirring fever to share with you this fun, pinteresting find–homemade ice cream that doesn’t require rock salt, an ice cream maker, or hand churning. Yes, it’s true! And, it works! I was as skeptical about this recipe as I was about converting a t-shirt to a skirt, but the boys and I tried it and loved it!

With only two basic ingredients, whipping cream and sweetened condensed milk, and whatever add-ins you want, you can now have your homemade ice cream and eat it too. I didn’t get any pictures of our first batch of ice cream, even if I tried, I couldn’t take pictures as beautiful as the ones at Kevin and Amanda’s website. So, I borrowed their pictures to get your taste buds revved up and ready to try this recipe yourself.

Here’s the recipe (I renamed it, btw, this name seems more fitting!):

Easy Peasy Homemade Ice Cream

2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 can sweetened condensed milk

whatever add-ins you want (we did 1 cup of crushed mint oreo cookies)

Whip the whipping cream on high until stiff peeks form. In a separate bowl, mix the condensed milk with your add-ins. Fold the whipping cream into the condensed milk mixture and stir till combined. Then, put in the freezer for at least six hours and it’s ready to serve!

We used a container just like this one, it was the perfect size

This is one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever make, I promise, at least try it once! And, include your kids on the process, they’ll love it. My boys are already thinking of different flavors they want to try next. The hardest part is waiting the six hours for it to freeze. I caught my boys peeking in the freezer many times, checking on it’s progress. I had to convince them the more they opened the freezer, the longer it would take to freeze–that seemed to work.

For many different flavor ideas, visit Kevin and Amanda’s post. Some of the suggestions they offer are Cinnamon Bun, Nutella, Krispy Kreme Doughnut, and Hazelnut Mocha Fudge Swirl! And, their recipes are all printable–woo hoo! I will say, they are highly promoting the Eagle Brand condensed milk on their site, but we used generic brand with no difference in results. So, feel free to use whatever brand you want, I conclude.

Be sure to let us know if you make some, and share your flavor varieties with us!

2 Responses

I’ve just put some of this in the freezer. We raided what’s left of the Easter candy. Apparently none of us like Snickers. ??? For some reason Snickers sounds better in ice cream though. My daughter requested red sprinkles, as she does with everything. New flavor … Snickers Red Sprinkles.